Marshals Service arrests man living in shed behind motel

By Michael Todd, Halfiax Media Services

Published: Friday, May 30, 2014 at 08:15 PM.

JACKSONVILLE | An allegedly armed-and-dangerous absconder and his girlfriend were living like “Bonnie and Clyde” in a shed behind a Jacksonville motel Wednesday afternoon when federal authorities arrested the man.

Kurt William “Low Key” Cass, 25, of Roanoke Avenue in New Bern, was arrested about 2 p.m. Wednesday behind My Motel on Commerce Road in Jacksonville by the Wilmington Division of the Eastern N.C. Violent Fugitive Task Force for a parole violation, Fields said.

He was on parole for malicious activity by a prisoner, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety website.

N.C. Parole Commission sought Cass’s arrest after he allegedly cut and removed an electronic-monitoring device from his ankle and fled his home in Craven County after the Memorial Day weekend, Fields said.

“The U.S. Marshals Task Force received information that Cass was possibly armed and dangerous,” Fields said. “When Cass was arrested, he was in possession of a black polymer BB gun, which resembled a semiautomatic handgun.”

Cass’s history of violence dates to 2003 — when he was at least 14 years old — in Florida, according to reports in Sarasota’s Herald-Tribune newspaper.

JACKSONVILLE | An allegedly armed-and-dangerous absconder and his girlfriend were living like “Bonnie and Clyde” in a shed behind a Jacksonville motel Wednesday afternoon when federal authorities arrested the man.

Kurt William “Low Key” Cass, 25, of Roanoke Avenue in New Bern, was arrested about 2 p.m. Wednesday behind My Motel on Commerce Road in Jacksonville by the Wilmington Division of the Eastern N.C. Violent Fugitive Task Force for a parole violation, Fields said.

He was on parole for malicious activity by a prisoner, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety website.

N.C. Parole Commission sought Cass’s arrest after he allegedly cut and removed an electronic-monitoring device from his ankle and fled his home in Craven County after the Memorial Day weekend, Fields said.

“The U.S. Marshals Task Force received information that Cass was possibly armed and dangerous,” Fields said. “When Cass was arrested, he was in possession of a black polymer BB gun, which resembled a semiautomatic handgun.”

Cass’s history of violence dates to 2003 — when he was at least 14 years old — in Florida, according to reports in Sarasota’s Herald-Tribune newspaper.

That year, he was arrested after he allegedly bloodied the nose of a 13-year-old friend.

In 2004, he served house arrest for burglary. A few months later, a deputy found three marijuana plants Cass allegedly was growing. That same year, disturbance calls spurred domestic-battery charges after alleged repeated attacks on his brother.

Cass served almost three years in prison for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and robbery with a gun and deadly weapon, according to the Florida Department of Corrections website.

Those charges were filed in January 2006 after Cass kicked in an East Manatee, Florida, home’s front door, chased his grandmother and hit her with a golf club, board and plastic pipe, according to Herald-Tribune reports.

Fields had heard about that incident, he said.

Cass’s current parole was scheduled to expire Dec. 16, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety website. His terms of parole were not updated by Thursday afternoon, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety website.

Cass remained at Onslow County Jail on Thursday afternoon. No bail was set.